Twitter feed for the Virtual Reality Research Facility at the University of Manchester

Manchester, England
Joined August 2018
3-year postdoc position available with me @MAN_VR2. Psychophysics (+VR) to investigate movement perception in Functional Neurological Disorder. With Debbie Cane, @AlanCarson15, @RosaCrunkhorn, James Lilleker (@neanu2023), @MontySilverdale and @The_MRC. jobs.ac.uk/job/DDI058
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Very pleased to have been awarded MRC funding for a 3 year project to study Movement perception in Functional Neurological Disorder with James Lilleker, @MontySilverdale , Debbie Cane, @RosaCrunkhorn and @AlanCarson15. Lots of psychophysics for @PAD_lab and @MAN_VR2
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Talk by VR2 director @paul_warren74 today at #RCPsychIC23 on Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness and the potential role for VR in studying this condition
Replying to @rcpsych
Our next speaker overview of the next talk #RCPsychIC
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The 1in5 project (1in5project.info/) has picked up momentum so we thought we’d put out a press release, bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/june… 🧵(16 tweets) for quick reminder of the idea behind 1in5 and some quotes.
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We are hiring! 3 year Research Associate position available in VR2. Come and work with David Foster and ⁦Paul Warren on a project to study active colour vision in VR. ⁦⁩ ⁦@paul_warren74⁩ ⁦@LeverhulmeTrust⁩ jobs.ac.uk/job/CXL491/resear…
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VR2 Facility retweeted
Well done Dr Evans!
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Register now for the Cadir Innovation Clubs showcase. This event will give an overview of each club & spotlight projects, facilities & collaboration opportunities between the clubs & Digital Futures themes: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cadir-inn… @paul_warren74 @jonnyhuck @FSEResearcher
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Dr. Kostas Arvanitis @kostis43 is our theme lead for Creative & Heritage here at Digital Futures. Read more about the theme and their work here: bit.ly/3bMjqlE @UoMSALC @Novars_Research @kostis43 @UoMCreativeMCR
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Happy Tuesday! This is just a friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline for the virtual AVA 2020 meeting is this Friday ❄ 13th November, 6pm (GMT) ❄ For details, please head to our dedicated website: ava2020meeting.wordpress.com… #VisionScience #Research
❄Virtual AVA Christmas Meeting 2020❄ We're pleased to announce that we've decided to move our meeting online this year! 🎉❄ 21st December ❄🎉 The deadline for the abstracts is the 6th November, and more info can be found at: theava.net/meetings.php?s=vi…
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Registration is now open for next week's VR@Manchester Innovation Community Seminar where @Jessicasymons will explore how the emergence of 3D worlds is returning humans to traditional forms of engagement and interaction. Find out more and register : tinyurl.com/yyzubqhy
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New review article by ⁦@warrenmansell⁩ describing research being conducted in ⁦@MAN_VR2⁩ Frontiers | Why Do We Need Computational Models of Psychological Change and Recovery, and How Should They Be Designed and Tested? | Psychiatry frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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VR2 director Paul outlining some exciting new work on optic flow parsing and VR.
Paul giving a talk at the UoM SBS annual event @paul_warren74 @MAN_VR2
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